Tomorrow starts another year. When 31 Dec 2024 rolls around, what will be different about your career?
Will you still be trudging away in USG?
Will you be in a revenue-generating role?
Procrastination is the primary enemy. Want to get started? Do it today. Do it now. Don’t wait until tomorrow. The longer you take to act, the longer you take to finish.
The second worst obstacle is any sunken cost fallacy. Too often it will feel like you’ve already put in too much time to start something new. The math says stay through retirement. This is a trap. If you want something else, seeing your government career through to the end isn’t going to get you where you want to go. There will always be something missing. Then it will be too late. Time will run out.
So get going and know you don’t have to go it alone. Build out your network. Ask for help. Reach out to connectors and trailblazers.
Make next year one you’ll be proud of.